I always forget the hand condition since cataclysm is the only real mechathun combo and it looks like mechathun dies before the hand is discarded even though that's not how the actual mechanics work
I should point out that Nature Studies won't work with Mecha'thun. The discovered spell will prevent you from emptying your hand, a.k.a. you'll end up holding Mecha'thun, Naturalize and the discovered spell, but if play it the cost reduction is gone.
Agreed, that's a twitch chat rating.. it's not powerful on its own, but in some sort of (disciplinarian gandling) zoo deck i can definitely see it making the cut. Would have expected a 40-50 rating.
Nature studies discounting naturalize might make Thaurissan worth cutting, especially with fungal fortunes. using branching paths instead could be good, having the modality of a savage roar or card draw for the mechathun wincon seems very powerful.
While I agree it is underrated, Cursed Disciple was only used in constructed in Jungle Giants druid, which itself used it for the super niche reason that it was two 5 attack minions in 1 cheap card (cheap in the context of 5+ attack minions). So it is unlikely Divine Rager is actually used in constructed and it will join the huge pool of decent cards that unfairly get called 'unplayable'.
Arena players will respect it though, which I often find is the better measure of whether a card is bad or not.
With more cards in the pool, the chances of getting many copies of specific OP cards is not that high. The variety of cards you see would be much wider if Arena was Wild, and for me it would be more interesting and less boring and stale. And there are a lot of great arena cards in the wild only sets, with Year of The Mammoth still probably being the most OP year ever, so I don't think that whoever drafts the most new cards would win.
The reason why they changed Arena from wild to standard back in the day was that it was too hard for new players to "learn" all the old cards. But now, for me at least, it is too boring, you see same cards all the time. The rotating Arena sets they did last year was interesting, they could go back to that.
I think it will be a lot better with more cards. Will either way make for more variation. And the problem with bringing back old sets arethat the new ones are way overpowered so the old cards just become bad. And especially now that a new set is coming out they have to keep the other new ones otherwise it just becomes who can get the most new cards.
But hopefully later on they can change it up again. Arena isnt dead. Probably...
I am afraid you are right, Arena is dying and Blizz seems to not care about it too much.
Myself, I cant wait to play arena with new expansion cards, that always change the meta and it takes some time before it is worked out which new cards are actually good arena-wise.
I would play more of Arena if they made it 100% Wild, like it used to be in the old days. That way the decks would not feel that much similar. I know it will not be done, but one can dream I guess.
Just pointing out snowflipper penguin saw play in token/egg druid I still play it in wild, the tag is sometimes good enough, I think that you can make a really powerful opening with felosophy and it does has a lot of synergy is zoolock, mostly to sacrifice for lackeys or failed students.
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Wisp with Demon Synergy. Not great, but I guess Warlocks can make use of it in some way.
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I always forget the hand condition since cataclysm is the only real mechathun combo and it looks like mechathun dies before the hand is discarded even though that's not how the actual mechanics work
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Doesn't look like much at first glance, but I bet it'll see a lot of play as it'll turn out to be very strong.
New Neutral Minion - Fishy Flyer
Quite strong, specially if Murloc Paladin continues to be a thing this expansion.
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Great control tool, still worth playing stats-wise even with only one Soul Fragment in the deck.
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Divine Rager not winning the Magma Rager Award is straight up a theft, don't @ me.
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I should point out that Nature Studies won't work with Mecha'thun. The discovered spell will prevent you from emptying your hand, a.k.a. you'll end up holding Mecha'thun, Naturalize and the discovered spell, but if play it the cost reduction is gone.
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Agreed, that's a twitch chat rating.. it's not powerful on its own, but in some sort of (disciplinarian gandling) zoo deck i can definitely see it making the cut. Would have expected a 40-50 rating.
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Nature studies discounting naturalize might make Thaurissan worth cutting, especially with fungal fortunes. using branching paths instead could be good, having the modality of a savage roar or card draw for the mechathun wincon seems very powerful.
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While I agree it is underrated, Cursed Disciple was only used in constructed in Jungle Giants druid, which itself used it for the super niche reason that it was two 5 attack minions in 1 cheap card (cheap in the context of 5+ attack minions). So it is unlikely Divine Rager is actually used in constructed and it will join the huge pool of decent cards that unfairly get called 'unplayable'.
Arena players will respect it though, which I often find is the better measure of whether a card is bad or not.
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With more cards in the pool, the chances of getting many copies of specific OP cards is not that high. The variety of cards you see would be much wider if Arena was Wild, and for me it would be more interesting and less boring and stale. And there are a lot of great arena cards in the wild only sets, with Year of The Mammoth still probably being the most OP year ever, so I don't think that whoever drafts the most new cards would win.
The reason why they changed Arena from wild to standard back in the day was that it was too hard for new players to "learn" all the old cards. But now, for me at least, it is too boring, you see same cards all the time. The rotating Arena sets they did last year was interesting, they could go back to that.
New Neutral Minion - Fishy Flyer
I miss more murlocs in this expansion, this is pretty decent but I was expecting at least a couple of murlocs more.
New Neutral Minion - Tour Guide
Warlock zoo should autoinclude it, will definetly see play
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Extraordinary. Rogue can also use it a lot as a "cheap" aoe.
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Divine Rager seems underrated. Cursed Disciple was a really good card.
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I think it will be a lot better with more cards. Will either way make for more variation. And the problem with bringing back old sets arethat the new ones are way overpowered so the old cards just become bad. And especially now that a new set is coming out they have to keep the other new ones otherwise it just becomes who can get the most new cards.
But hopefully later on they can change it up again. Arena isnt dead. Probably...
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Hi OP,
I am afraid you are right, Arena is dying and Blizz seems to not care about it too much.
Myself, I cant wait to play arena with new expansion cards, that always change the meta and it takes some time before it is worked out which new cards are actually good arena-wise.
I would play more of Arena if they made it 100% Wild, like it used to be in the old days. That way the decks would not feel that much similar. I know it will not be done, but one can dream I guess.
cheers,
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Just pointing out snowflipper penguin saw play in token/egg druid I still play it in wild, the tag is sometimes good enough, I think that you can make a really powerful opening with felosophy and it does has a lot of synergy is zoolock, mostly to sacrifice for lackeys or failed students.
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I'm surprised to see Desk Imp rated so low. It has synergy with Imprisoned Scrap Imp, Felosophy and Disciplinarian Gandling and in the past 0-mana 1/1s have seen play if they fit into a deck.
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It must be 2 mana! Otherwise, this card seems to be potent enough to put Odd Rogue in total dominance over Wild ladder.